Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-05
new yesterday WAS SPENT.
waiting the Field AGaiu-Interesi
Ing Incidents.
tBy telegraph to the DispStch.l


GETTY spURG, pa, July Aust o. the
clock la the tower Of the county court house
lastnisht sounded the first stroke OF twelve
the midulghtt stiffness was broken hy the
strains from bugle OF - Way Down Upon
TIE Suwauco River" Scarcely had il
notes died away when The members OF The
Philadelphia brigade add PickcttS dNi-
ion began The celebrations OF the Glorious
Fourth with the booming Of cannon on
East Cemetery Hill and the roar Of fire.
crackers IN town. Pandom0niIn reignel
for an hour and half. No such noise has
disturbed this little village since the three
memorable days OF 1853.
This morning st O'Clock the members
Cf pickett's division proceeded TO the
c,uIt.b house aud were called to order by
Colonel AVlelt. Some one proposed that
every member OF the division present
should give twenty-five cents toward cav.
Ing the expense which Mrs. Pickett in
CURED on this visit. The proposition was
acccpted With cheers, and the way money
laitleCs on the secreary's desk was SAIL
cicnt proof Of the esteem in which Ms.
Pickett is held 10y the division,
Resolutions were then SdOptcd thanking
The Philadelphia brigade for the hospttable
manner IN winch they had treated them;
the town authorities for the way they bad
received them; their own officials Tor the
trouble and time they had given To bring
ing about this reunion; and 10 all so.dlers
for their fraienil greeting
The meeting then adjourned, and outside
the building they Joined IN procession Wiih
The Philadelphia brigade, with each tickell
man linking AIMS with Philadelphia
san. a.. -. ola
the party look carriages and started over
the battlefield. Fully one hundred car
risges were in the llse.
A RECEPTION by MRS. PICKETT.
Mis-. Pickett held q reception on the very
ground over which her husbands com
mapd charged, and within fen yards Of
the woods under whose cover he, twenty
four wears before, had formed his division.
Ire Pickett men were first formed In line,
and. one by one, advanced and we're intro
duced t. the wife OF their old commander
Ly Captain Clopton, OF Richmond, Va, oy
name. stating their regimentaud rank. she
lad a word Tor all, and all had word for
her. The Philadelphia brigade was nc Z
nI,scnied. Her son, George Pickett, stood
at her side, and, when she dropped hand,
n was al once gmsped by bin. The people
then moved 90 the highest ground, ana
Colonel Bachelor formed the survivors Of
KempCr's, Garnelps, and Armlste~ d's bril-
ggecs OF Pickett's division in the order they
had been when the charge began, and
asked the commander OF each regiment TO
step forward and point out the position his
command occupied.
Mrs. Pickett was the centre Of attraction
ON the field. She hsd gathered some daisies
ard cloyer-heads; \ member Of the
brigade asked her for few; she gave them
10 blm with a smile, aud one by one they
were given away TO be treasured AS memen-
toes. Her autograph was also eagerly
sought and she refused no one.
MORE THAN PLEASED.
To say that Plckelts men are pleased
would be putting IL lightly. They are de-
lighted with everything and everybody.
In the words OF Confederate soldier, We
are pleased all 10 pieces; but Cowan this
time has captured Us body aud soul.'
THE BASDB0x SOLDIERS.
Among the incidents OF the reualon
Which recall the battle is coincidence by
winch the Hibegnisn Rides, the handsome